Manage catalog, outputs, and thumbnails

A catalog is an inventory of one or more outputs on which the following delivery parameters are configured:

• Catalog’s name and output types
• Delivery parameters
• Manifests’ Filtering parameters (audio, video and subtitle bitrates)
• Encryption parameters

Note

At least one output must be configured.

Creating a new catalog

To create a new catalog, follow these steps:

1. Access the MK.IO Beam user interface.

2. Click Services in the left panel.

3. Click Add service > Catalog.

4. Enter the catalog name.

5. Do one of the following:

   • Click Save and continue to complete the catalog creation and start adding outputs.
   • Click Save and exit to save and finalize the catalog creation and go back to the Services page.
   • Click Cancel to go back to the Services page without saving.

Adding an output to a Catalog

Once created, an output can be used by any Packager service for delivery.

Two output types are available:

To add an output to a Catalog, follow these steps:

1. From the Services page, click the Name related to the Catalog on which the output will be added.

2. Click Add new output then select the output type and configure the parameters according to your needs.

• HLS or DASH over CMAF specific output settings
• HLS over TS (HTTP Live Streaming)

3. Save configurations.